Kidney Renal Disease

Acute renal failure

1. prerenal causes
2. intrarenal causes
3. post renal causes

pre renal causes

anything that causes rapid fluid loss like dehydration

intra renal causes

damage to actual kidney tissue like acute tubular necrosis

post renal cause

obstruction of urinary flow

Basic laboratory measures to test kidney function

1. blood uria nitrogen test
2. serum creatine
3. diabetic test

Blood-uria nitrogen test

measures by products of protein metabolism and its REASONABLY NON SPECIFIC and widely used

Serum Creatine test

looks at a specific indicator of protein metabolism more specific BUT it cannot stage people chronic kidney disease

creatine clearance test

measure creatine in blood for 24 hours

Diabetic test

check urine for albumin and protein

what are the major causes of chronic kidney disease

diabetes, hypertension, and polycystic kidney disease

Why does diabetes cause chronic kidney failure

the most common cause bc it caused the kidneys to allow glucose and then proteins into basement membranes. causes stretching

why does hypertension cause chronic kidney disease

over pressures the glomerular system which causes glomerian sclerosis

why does polycystic kidney disease cause chronic kidney failure

genetic disorder that causes small fluid filled cyst in the kidneys

symptoms seen in chronic renal failure

primary electrolyte abnormalities in Chronic Kidney failure

too much Na+